Please see below the official statement of Calne Running Club in light of recent government advice in the fight against the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Calne Running Club hereby announce the suspension of all club activities until at least the end of April 2020. This action is taken in line with the current England Athletics advice that can be found via a link at the end of this message, and we will issue updates further to this when it is necessary to do so. These unprecedented measures are taken with an extremely heavy heart, however, we all must now take responsibility to avoid unnecessarily facilitating the speed at which the virus spreads. Please note, this also means that we must kindly request that official Calne Running Club communication streams should not be used to facilitate the organising of social gatherings in the interests of achieving social distancing, avoiding ‘non essential’ travel and non essential contact with others. It should also be noted that this decision comes at a time when our training base, Beversbrook Sports Facility, will also be planning to close their facility – though they will issue their own guidance around this.

This decision has been taken in the interests of athletes, coaches, volunteers along with any people who are in regular close contact with our members, some of which may well fall within at risk groups.

It should be noted that we advise, as do EA, that all runners at all levels are encouraged to maintain their own personal fitness and keep active during this time, while following government guidelines about safe distance and safe exercise environments.

With the above in mind, it is Denise’s intention to continue to publicise training sessions to ensure that people can maintain fitness and some sense of structure during this time. We understand this situation has fallen at an extremely difficult time for the beginners, however I am sure you will all understand that we must act on the advice being issued. Denise and Simon will work on a further communication for the beginners in due course and will also issue our plan of how we are going to issue training sessions moving through this difficult time.

I would like to finish by saying that, as a community group, we should all pull together and try to positively tackle this situation by looking out for those more vulnerable groups in our community and club. We should also understanding that such measures as are currently being taken may well have a mental as well as a physical impact upon our members and the community. With this in mind, I would actively encourage that Calne Running Club streams, such as the Facebook group, are utilised to positively share how we are completing training sessions in a positive manner in line with government guidelines. We must do all we can to keep the morale of the club going and encouraging those of us, who are not so keen to train alone, to use fun and innovative measures to keep active and healthy during this time.

We will issue further advice with regards to training and the beginners in due course.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact Denise, Simon or Celia.

Over the winter runs will commence from Beversbrook except for the first Tuesday of each month. On these Tuesdays a mixed terrain route will be available – but a road run will also be offered.

A & B groups will be running about 10k each week with C group having different distances as shown below. We will be aiming to complete all runs within the hour. Please get back to me if you have any questions.

Regards

Celia

High viz tops should be worn (summer and winter) and lights are essential in winter.

Date

Starting Point Venue and comments:

17.9.19

Beversbrook (C group 4-5 miles)

24.9.19

Beversbrook (C group 3-4miles)

1.10.19

Calne Leisure Centre (C group 4-5 miles) Mixed terrain route but one road run will be available.

8.10.19

Beversbrook (C group 3-4 miles)

15.10.19

Beversbrook (C group 4-5 miles)

22.10.19

Beversbrook (C group 3-4 miles)

29.10.19

Beversbrook (C group 4-5 miles)

5.11.19

Calne Leisure Centre (C group 3-4 miles) Mixed terrain route but one road run will be available.

21.5.19 Lacock Relays 1.Meet by the Red Lion pub at 6.30 ish. Details on Chippenham Harriers website. http://www.chippenhamharriers.co.uk/events-calendar/This is a great event – especially for beginners as distance is only 2.6 miles and runners of all abilities are welcomed. If you need a lift, or want to share transport, post on the fb page. Cost £2. There is likely to be a club run in addition to this – depending on availability of leaders. Please check on FB or the website for meeting place and details of distance etc.

18.6.19 Solstice Run from the gallops. Meet at the carpark/layby near the Beckhampton Roundabout. Try to share lift.

25.6.19 Lacock Relays 2 . Meet by the Red Lion pub at 6.30 ish. Details on Chippenham Harriers website. Also see above. http://www.chippenhamharriers.co.uk/events-calendar/
There is likely to be a club run in addition to this – depending on availability of leaders. Please check on FB or the website for meeting place and details of distance etc.

2.7.19 6.50 Beversbrook

9.7.19 Race 3 of Heddington Series(Club members needed as marshalls)

16.7.19 Meet Smallgrain car park on road towards Bishops Cannings.

23.7.19 Lacock Relays 3. Meet by the Red Lion pub at 6.30 ish. Details on Chippenham Harriers website. Also see above. http://www.chippenhamharriers.co.uk/events-calendar/
There is likely to be a club run in addition to this – depending on availability of leaders. Please check on FB or the website for meeting place and details of distance etc.

30.7.19 Club run from Beversbrook 6.50

6.8.19 Club run from Calne Leisure Centre.

13.8.19 Race 4 of Heddington Series(Club members needed as marshalls)

20.8.19 Meet at Calne Leisure Centre.

27.8.19 Lacock Relays Handicap Finals. 6.30 – 8.00. Depending on your time in the heats is your position in the final. You need to have completed one of the relays to participate.
http://www.chippenhamharriers.co.uk/events-calendar/
There is likely to be a club run in addition to this – depending on availability of leaders. Please check on FB or the website for meeting place and details of distance etc.

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Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:48:20 +0000https://calnerunningclub.co.uk/?p=166Online entries are now open via Entry Central for our 2018 beginner’s course starting on 11 January 2018, lasting 10 weeks and culminating in either Chippenham or Swindon parkrun. A bespoke medal will be awarded to all finishers of the course and there will be a small celebration at the parkrun finale with home made cakes! If you would like to enter, please follow this link. More information on the course may be found here.
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Iain Donald 10.24
Dave Halliday 13.24
Colin Morris 13.38
Michelle Blower 13.41
Steve Cuthbert 14.17
Toby Newton-Shaw 14.22
Nicola Cuthbert 16.40
Lisa Thompson 17.04
Andria Rawlings 17.05
Jude Hancock 17.06
Katy Light 17.36
Lucy Sidelnik 18.25
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Naomi Whiting 20.06
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Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:02:09 +0000https://calnerunningclub.co.uk/?p=39Unless you have never looked at this website before July 2017, you will have noticed that it is looking very different. After months of saying we were going to make some changes we have finally started.

First of all the domain and therefore the website is back under the control of our members. For a few weeks it was just a copy of the old website but we have now installed WordPress which will make it easier to let all members get involved. We have installed a plugin which means everybody can login using their Facebook account without having to remember another password; all you need to do is click on the Connect button and then give permission for the website to use your Facebook account to login. You will not be able to do much initially as your account has to be manually upgraded to allow you to post.

In the coming weeks Simon and myself will be trying out different looks for the website. Let us know what you think.